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VARlABLE-"SPEED TRANSMISSION MECHANISM- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.'5,1907.

Application filed January 19, 1906. Serial No. 296,:83.

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it known that I, A LBERT YERNoN IIART, iecehcsl er, in the county of Monroe and or-sic of New York, have invented certain and useful Improvements in Variablec cod Transmission Mechanism; and I' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, exact description of the some, reference being bad to the eccmnpsnying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to the rel'erencenumerals m arked thereon.

y, present invention relates'to powerfreosrhission devices; and it has for its object provide amechanism by means of which peed of a. driven member may be regul relatively to the rate of rotation of the motor or driving devices.

i Iy invention has for its further object to provide such it mechanism which is capable of adjustment to operate at high, low, or intermediate speeds and in reverse direction, comprising generally parts which may be brought separately into operative position end ere so arranged that each of them cork stilt-rites a directconncction between the hiring and driven members.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel. fGELil res being pointed out in the'cleims at the end of the 1 pecification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is at side elevation showing mechanism constructed in accord ence with my invention as it appears when applied to a motor-vehicle, together with the adjusting devices for controlling its various parts. Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan View, pertly in section, taken on the line 2" 2 of Fig. 1, the top section of the casing being rci'l'iovod, showing the high-speed connecting element in inoperative position. similar view showing the parts in operative position and the driving and driven members connected. through the high-speed element.

Fig. at is a. vertical sectional view taken on the line 4* 4 of Fig. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the reverse pinion in operative posi- Fig. 5 is a. vertical. sectional View taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a top-plan view showing a modified form of the application of the mechanism to a vehicle.

Similar reference-numerels in the several figures indicate similar parts."

A power transmission embodying my 1n- Fig. 0 1s avention is adapted to be employed upon any form of machine where it is desired primarily to vary the speed of a driven member to various degrees relative to the motor or source of power; but in order to show a practical application of the mechanism embodying my invent-ion I have shown it applied to a motor-vehicle for transmitting the power from the motor or engine to the drivingwheels to udjustebly control the speed of the vehicle. In illustrating this adaptation of the device I have. shown the mechanism as located within av frame consisting of a casing or housing comprising a lower closed section 1 and a top part 1, arranged upon the driv-' inghxle 2, which is connected in any desired manner to the chassis or frame 3 of the vehicle. The ends of the separate sections of the axle 2 are connected, as usual, to the wheels 4, and their independent movement is permitted by means of the usual or any pre ferred form of differential-gearing devices 5, arranged between the proximate ends of the separate sections of the shaft 2, as will be understood. The sections of the shafts are supported in bearings 6 in the frame or cesing, and the latter is attached to the frame of the vehicle and retained in an intermediate position by the tubular sleeves 7 ,itsforward end being supported by e strut 0r tie-rod 8, connected by a knuckle or joint 9 ,with a cross-bar 10 on the frame 8. 1

The driven member of the mechanism is a bevel gear-wheel, secured to one ofthe sections of the shaft 2, preferably comprising a face-plate 15, provided with a plurality of concentric rings. l6, l7, and 18 of different diameters and provided with gear-teeth on their side faces which are cut on different pitches, for a purpose more fully appearing hereinafter. The rings constitute separate gear-wheels, and each of them is centered upon an annular shoulder 19 and is detech ably connected to the face-plate by bolts or other securing devices 20, whereby they may be easily removed to facilitate repair in case of accident or to permit them to be re placed when they become worn or otherwise injured.

The motor or engine (not shown, but located at the forward end of the frame 3) is connected to the driving-shaft 22, extends reerwardly and is connected by a universally-movable joint 23 with the section 24, on which is mounted the longitudiwhich IIO bearing at the forward end of the frame or housing and arranged in the plane of the axis of the driven member 15. The inner end of the sleeve is provided with the clutch member 31, provided with the outwardlyprojecting teeth 32, and at the rear end of the sleeve are annular flanges or collars, which are spaced to provide a channel 33, into which extend pins 34, located in the extremities of the bifurcated end 35 on the clutch-operating lever 36, pivoted to the forward end of the frame or housing, as indi' cated at 37. The outer end of the lever 36 t 1s connected to a rod 35, attached to a suitable operating device,such as a treadle 21. supported on the frame 3 of the vehicle and adapted to adjust the lever from the position shown in Fig. 2 to thatshown in Fig. 3 to move the driven clutch member 31 into and out of operative position.

The means connecting the driving and driven members comprise generally a plurality of elements which are adjustable into and out of engagement with the driven member and are provided with means for securing them to the driving member when in operative position. In the present illustrations these elements comprise pinions mounted on separate arbors journaled in an adjustable carrier and provided with clutch members adapted to cooperate with the driving clutch member 31. The carrier is adjust-ably supported in proximity to the driving and driven members, and means are provided for moving it laterally relatively t?) the driven member and also for rotating it to position each of the pinions in' axial alinement with the gear-wheel.

Arranged withinthe housing or casing are parallel ways or guides, 39, in W o is sup-- orted a movable slide 46, provided with cam-slots 41, in which rest rollers 42, en orted on ins 43, extending between t e ongitudina l-y-movable adjusting-bars 44, uided in slots provided in the proximate aces of the sections 1 and l of the housing or casi'n The forward ends of the bars are attache to a rod 45, operated by' a bellcrank lever 46, pivoted on the frame 3, which is adapted to move the bars 44 inwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3 to move the slide 40 laterally in the casing toward the driven -member. The outer ends of the cam-slots are extended in a direction parallel with the bars 44 to provide' shoulders 41 "which prevent accidental outward movement of the slide. In order to movethe. connecting' elements or pinions relativelyto the driven-member so t at the inner and outer points of their teeth will be disengaged simultaneously, I arrange the guides 39 in the housingor frame at right angles to the pitch-line of the teeth of the driven member.-

If the-latter is composed of two or more bevel gear-wheels, the guides are arranged at right angles to the mean of the pitch-lines of the several gear-wheels. At its inner side the slide 40 is recessed, providing at its ends extensions or lugs 50, in which is journaled a rock-shaft 51, rigidly attached to the adjustable quadrant-shaped frame or carrier 52, on which is journaled the arbors 116, 117, and 11.8, carrying, respectively, the pinions 16 17 and 18, which are adapted to cooperate at different times with the gearwheels 16, 17, and 18, as willbe further explained. Also journaled on the carrierframe 52 is a counter-shaft and adjacent thereto at one side of the frame are extensions 54, in which is journaled a shaft 55, lo cated at an angle to the shaft 53 and adapted when the carrier is in one position of adjustment to'extend radially from the center of rotation of the driven member. The shafts 53 and 55 are provided with intermeshing pinions 56 and 57, and the last-mentioned shaft is also provided with a pinion 16, adapted to cooperate with the gear-wheel 16 when it is desired to operate the latter in a reverse direction or in a direction opposite to that transmitted to the driven member by either of the pinions 16*, 17", or 18.' Thearbors 116, 117, and 118 and the reverse counter-shaft 53 are each located equidistant from the center of rotation of the carrierframe 52, and they are respectively provided with clutch members16, 17, 18, and 53,

each of which is in alinement' with the driving-ghitch member 31 when; its corresponding connecting element or pinibn is in operative en agement with the driven member. In orc er to facilitate asse bling the various arbors. on the carrier-frii/i aie 52, the end portions of the latter ar. 1 divided upon arcs passing centrally throu gh e ieh of them, making theremovable outer se tions or caps 58. and 58 which are secured y bolts 59.

The carrier-frame 52 is ro ked to bring one or another of the pinions 16C, 16, 17,01' 18 intoflalinement with their-Respective gearwheels by means of an arm 60, attached to the forward end of the shaft 51, which pro- .jects through an aperture in one of the guides 39, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This arm 60 is operated verticall too by a rod 66,

connected to the arm 67 of a ell-crank lever pivoted at 68, the other arm 69 of said lever eing connected by a rod 70, adjusted by means to be presently described, which are preferably located in roximity to the operating devices attachet to the rods 38 and In order to prevent the rocking movement of the carrier-frame when one or another of the several pinions is in operative engagement with its gear-wheel of the driven member and also to rigidly support its, I employ-projec tions on the frame i, which interlock with other projections 'onthe edge of the carrier.

The. bearing cap-pieces 58 58 are provided with radially-extending teeth or projections 71 7], located in alinement with the arbor-s 53, 116, 117, and; 118, which are adapted to interlock wit-h the recesses 72 and 73, provided in shoulders 74 in the housing or frame 1, when said carrier-frame is shifted laterall' by the operation of the bars 41 1 to secure the carrier-frame and rigidly support each arbor when in operative position. To accurately center the carrier with each one of the pinions in allnement with its gear-wheel, the faces of the shoulder 7 1 are extended at one side of the apertures 72 and 73 a distance nearly equal to the distance between the teeth 71 to form bearing-surfaces, against which the ends of the teeth or projections will engageif an operator inadvertently attempts to shift the carrier frame before the selected pinion has been adjusted to the proper position.

Inasmuch as the carrier-frame cannot be shifted or adjusted when any one of the clutch members thereon is in. engagement with the driving-clutch member, ll haveprovided means whereby the operator must positively disengage the latter before the carrierframe is released. To this end the clutchoperating lever 36 has an arm or extension 75 projecting into the housing or casing, which is pivotally connected to a locking rod or pin 80, having its extremity guided in a boss 81 and adapted to cooperate with a recess 82, formed in the outer ends of the bars 44, said aperture being so arranged that it is in alinement with the locking rod or pin when the slide 40 is adjusted inwardly to its limit of movement to permit a movement of the lever 36 and allow the clutch member 31 to be actuated into operative position. From the foregoing it will also be seen that when the parts are in operative position the bars 44 cannot be withdrawn and the carrier-fra1ne shifted until the clutch-operating lever 36 has been moved to the position shown in Fig. 2 to completely disengage the clutch memher from its cooperating member.

The devices for adjusting the driving' clutch member and those for shifting the carrier laterally and rotating it may be conveniently located in proximity to each other. When the transmission mechanism is located upon a motor-vehicle, the parts employed for adjusting the carrier-frame may be supi 1 as shown 111 P 1g. 2, the operator may rock or ported on the steering head, as shown in Fig. 1. In the present illustration of this portion of the invention, 125 indicates the tubular column containing the steering-rod 126, carrying the hand-wheel 127 and connected to the steering-wheels of the vehicle, as will be und er stood. The rod 126 is journaled in a sheath 128, journaled within the column, having, at its lower end an arm 129, connected to the carrier shifting-rod 7 O. Also located within the column and guided on the sheath is a longitudinally-movable block 130, having an outwardly-projecting linger 131, connected by the rod 132 to the arm 46 of the bellcrank lever 46. The block is revolubly connected to a movable sleeve 133, attached to a lever 134, pivoted on an ar1n'135, arojec'ting forwardly from the upper end of t 10 sheath 128 a short distance below the steering-wheel 127. The sheath is adapted tobc rotated by a lateral movement of the lever 134 when the latter is in elevated position, and in order to lock it in adjusted position the upper end of the column is provided with a head havin g a plurality of notches 136, with which the lever engages. These notches correspond ((0 the various positions of adjustment of the carrier, there being one for each of the high, low, and intermediate speeds and the reverse, each of which is of a depth suilicient to require the lever to be operated the distance necessary to effect a lateral movement of the carrier relatively to the driven member before the sheath can be rotated to rock said carrier. lfurtlur, these notches are spaced relativelyto each other so that when the lever 1.34 is in alinement with an one of them the carrier will be positioned with its corresp'onding connecting element or pinion in alincment with the driven member.

The foregoing description has been confined particularly to an arrangement-of the parts of a vehicle in which the driven gearwheels are located upon one of the sections of the driven shaft or rear axle; but as they may be employed. as an intermediate connection between said axle and the engineer motor I have shown in Fig. 6 a modification of the parts. In this view the rear axle is indicated, bv 200, and the variable-speed driving mechanism is shown as operatinga shaft 201, supported in bearings onthe frame 300 and provided with sprocket-wheels 202, connected by chains 203 with the sprocketwheels 204, provided on the wheels 105 of the vehicle. When this arrangement of the parts is emplo i'ed, the shaft .201 is preferably made in two sections, which are connected bv differential gearing, as will be understood, and the housing or casing 101 is supported rigidlv by arms or brackets 102, attached to the frame 300.

The operation of the devicewui now be readily understood. Assuming the connect ing elements or pinions to be disconnected,

rotate the carr er-frame 52 to the desired position by a lateral adjustment of the lever 134, and if it isdesired to connect-the parts on the high speed the lever 134 will be alined with the corresponding notch. 136 to arrest the carrier in the position shown in Fig. l. A downward movement of the lever will operate the connected parts to the position shown in Fig. 1, actuating the carrier in a lateral direction to move the pinion 184 into engagement with its corresponding gearvvheel or ring 18, as shown in Fig. 3. The rotary and lateral movement of the carrier also alines the arbor 118 with the driving- Shaft and the rearward movement of the bars 4-i, which operates the carrier laterally, releases the locking-pin 80, when the aperture 8.2 registers therewith, permitting the driving-clutch member to be moved into ening teeth or rojeetions 71 71 from engagement with t 1eir cooperating recessesin the frame or housing. The operator may then adjust the lever 134 to rotate-the shaft 51 and rock the carrier-frame 52 upwardly or downwardly to adjust either the piin'ons 16 or 17 into alinement with the gear-wheels 16 and 17*to operate the drivenmember in, a forward [direction on either the high or intermediate speeds; Kit is desired to reverse the direc- {ti'on of the movement of the driven member, 'the' carrierdrame may be rocked until the asset the shaft intersects the axis of the ear-wheel 16, when'by a lateral movement of the carrier-frame, as before described, the

pinion 16 .may beengaged with the gearwheel 16 and the counter-shaft 53 positioned in alinement with the driving-clutch 31. The ,latter may be subsequently engaged with the. clutch' member 53, and as the counter-shaft 53 is geared to the arbor 55 by .the pinions 56 and '57 the arbor 55-will be rotatedin a-, direction-op(posed to th; movement of, the shaft 53 an will be rotated bythe pinionlfi in a reverse direction to that imparted to it by any of the other pinions.

By constructing the gear-wheels of the .driven member of different sizes they may be provided with teeth of difl'erent pitch, enabling the cooperatin inions to e graduated 1n diameter an t ose of the intermediate and low speeds to be made successively the ' mutte -ma be operated in reverse at a lower smaller-than thehigh-speed pinion, so that a considerable variation may be obtained between the highest and lowest speeds. If de-' sired',.the gear-wheel 56 maybe made smaller the-gear-wheel 57, so that the driven rate of speed .than wh en driven ahead by the l pee 'in T a ..-1t-w 1'11. ej'seen from the arm ement of the-1 arts shown and described t at when the "ven member is being operated on any of the three speeds ahead onlythe operativepinionisbeing-revolved, which enables the mechanism to operate without noise. It will the driven member 4 also be seen that the means of supporting the connecting elements, comprising a laterallymovable carrier, permits them to be disengaged from the driven member, so that the latter may be revolved independently of the driving devices. This is an advantageous feature in the mechanism, as the connecting devices may be disengaged and the driven memberoperated at certain times by its momentum. For instance, when the mechanism is applied to a motor-vehicle thelatter may be allowed to coast without impedance by the engagement of one or another of the smallpinions, and when it is desired to set the devices for a certain speed or to alter them to change the speed only the selected pinion is moved into engagement with a gear-wheel.

In adjusting the carts from one speed to another the driving devices must be disconnected, thus reducing the liability of stripping the gear wheels or pinions. A further advantage is obtained by employing a plurality of gear- *heels on the driven member and separate pinions which cooperate independently therewith, as an injury to a member of one set willl not disable the others.

I claim as my invention 1. A power-transmission mechanism comprising a driving member, 'a driven member and a connecting element, means for positioning it relatively to the two members and ad justing it into operative engagement with th driven member, and an adjustable device connecting said element to the driving member.

2. A power-transmission mechanism comprising a driving member, a driven member and a connecting element, means for position ing it relatively to the driven member and operating it into engagement therewith and into alinement with the driving member and means for connecting the-latter to the element. 3. A power-transmission mechanism comprising a driving member, a driven member and a connecting element, means for positioning'it relatively to the two members and operating the element into engagement with one ofthem and in alinement with the oth er and devices for detachably connecting the element to'said other alined member.

4. 'A power-transmissionmechanism comprising a" driving member, a driven member and .a movable connecting element, means for adjusting the latter into and out otengagement with one of the members and into and out of alinement with the other member and an adjustable clutch connecting the element and said other member with which it is alined.

5. A power-transmission mechanism comprising a'driving member, a driven member [and a movable connecting element, means for positioning it in alinementwith one of the members, separate means. for movlng the element laterally into and out ofoperative engagement with said member and means for tachably connecting said element to the other member.

In a power-transmission mechanism, the c'ombmation with a driving member and a driven member comprising a plurality of gear wheels, of a plurality of connecting elements, means for adjusting them into alinemeat with their respective gear-wheels and moving them to and out of operative engagement theitilvith and adjustable clutch devices for connecting the driving member to each of said elements.

. 7. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driving member and a driven member comprising a plurality of gear-Wheels, of a plurality of connecting elements corresponding tosaid gear-wheels, means for adjusting them to operatively engage one of the elements with its respective gear-wheel in alinement with the driving member and clutch devices for detachably engaging the driving member and said element.

8. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driving member and a driven member comprising a gear-wheel, of two connecting elements adapted to cooperate therewith and means for alternately adjusting them into engagement with said gearwheel, a counter-shaft connected to one of said elements to produce a relatively reverse movement thereof and means for connecting the driving member either to the counter- Shaft or the other element when said elements are respectively adjusted into operative engagement with the gear-wheel.

9. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a gear-wheel, of two connecting elements and means for alternately adjusting them into engagement with said gran-wheel,

a clutch member carried on one of the elements, at counter-shaft also carrying a clutch member and connected to the other element to cause it to be moved in reverse direction relatively to the movement of the first-mentioned element and driving clutch member adapt-ed to cooperate with the corresponding clutch members of either element.

10. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a gearwheel of an arbor, a pinion thereon, and a clutch member on the a rbor, a second arbor, a sep'arate pinion thereon and a counter-shaft, gear-wheels connecting it with the last-mentioned arbor and a clutch. member on the counter-shaft, means for alternately adjusting the two pinions into engagement with the gear-wheel and a driving clutch member adapted to cooperate with the corresponding clutch member of the operative pinion.

11. in a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a plurality of gear-wheels, a plurality or pinions corresponding to the several gearwheels and an. arbor supporting each pinion, ot a carrier lIlWlilClLtllQ arbors are mounted and means for adjusting it to engage one or another of the pinions with its rh'spec-tive gear-wheel, a driving member and means for connecting it to the several arbors.

12. In a 'power-transmission mechanism, the combination with adriven member comprising a plurality. olhgear-wheels, a carrier movable upon an axis extending transversely of that oi the driven member, arbors journaled on the carrier and pinions arranged on the arbors corresponding to the several gearwheels', of means for adjusting the carrier to separately engage each pinion with its respectivege:r-wheel, a driving memberand means for connecting it to each arbor when its pinion is located in operative position.

13. In a power-transmission mechanism,

the combination with a driven member comprising a plurality of gear-wheels, a movable carrier having its axis arranged in the plane of the axis of the driven member and in front of the faces of the several gear-wheels, arbors supported on the carrier and pinions on the arbor corresponding to the several gearwhcels, of means for imparting a lateral movement to the carrier and rotating it to position one or another of the pinions in alinement with its respective gear-wheel, a driving member and means for connecting it to each arbor.

l i. In-a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with. a driven member, com prisinga plurality of bevel gear-wheels, a movable carrier located in front of theta-res of said gear-wheels, a pinion corresponding to each of the latter, an arbor supporting it jouri'ialed on the carrier, means for adjusting the latter, a driving member and means for connecting it to each arbor when the latter are adjusted into operative position.

1.3. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a plurality of gear wheels, a pinion for each of the latter and an arbor for each pinion, of a pivoted carrier supportingthe arbors, o 'iorating devices for rocking it and means for locking the carrier in adjusted position, a driving member and means for connecting it with each arbor.

16. In a powor-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a pluralitv of gear-wheels, a pinion the combination with a driven member comprising a gear-wheel, aplurality of pinions cooperating therewith and an arbor for each pinion, of a carrier supporting the arbors, means for adjusting it to position one or another of said pinions in engagement with the gear-wheel, a driving-shaft and means for connecting it to each arbor.

18. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a gear-Wheel, a plurality of pinions cooperating'therewith' and an arbor for each pinion, of a pivoted carrier supporting the arbors, devices for rotating it upon its pivot, means cooperating with the carrier to lock it in adjusted position, a driving member and means for connecting it with each arbor.

19. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a frame, a driven member comprising agear-wheel, a plurality of pinions adapted to cooperate therewith, and an arbor for each pinion, of a pivoted carrier mounted on the frame and supporting the arbors, devices for rocking the carrier and means for shifting it on the frame relatively toward and from the driven member, a driving member and means for connecting it with each arbor.

20. In a power-transmission mechanism,

the combination with a frame, a driven member comprising a gear-wheel, a plurality of pinions adapted to cooperate therewith, and an arbor for each pinion, of a pivoted carrier supporting the arbors, devices for rocking it, and interlocking projections on the name and carrier, means for'imparting a relative lateral movement'to one of said parts to engage and disengage said projections, a driving member and means for connecting it to the arbors.

21. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a frame, a driven member comprising a gear-wheel, a plurality of pinions adapted to. cooperate therewith and an arbor for each pinion, of a pivoted carrier supporting the arbor devices for rocking it to position one of the pinions in alinement With the gear-wheel and means for moving the carrier laterally to adjust said pinion into operative position and projections on the carrier and frame which cooperate to look the carrier duringthe operation of the pinion, a driving member and means for connectin it to the arbors.

the combination with a frame, a driven'member comprising a gear-wheel, a plurality of pinions adapted to cooperate therewith and an arbor for each pinion, of a pivoteclcarrier supporting the arbor devices for rocking it to positioncone of the pinions in alinement with the gear-wheel and means for moving the carrier laterally to adjust said pinion into operative position, the carrier being provided with a projection for each pinion n a power-transmission mechanism,

and the frame having a cooperating recess adapted to receive the projections to pre vent the lateral movement of'the carrier except when one of the pinions is in aline'ment 1 withthe gearwheel, a, driving-shaftand means for connecting it to the arbors. I

23. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a frame, a driven member comprising a gear-wheel, a plurality of pinions adapted to cooperate therewith and an arbor for each pinion, of a movable carrier having end portions supporting the arbors, devices for adjusting it to position apinion in alinement with the gear-wheel, and move the pinion into operative engagement therewith, the carrier and frame being provided.

with interloc king projections, a driving memher and means for connecting it to the arbors.

24. In a 'power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a frame having ways thereon, a driven member comprising a gearwheel, a slide mounted therein and means for reciprocating it, of a carrier movably sulpported on the slide, arbors mounted on t carrier and pinions secured to the arbors'and adapted to cooperate with the gear-wheel,

and devices for-adjusting the carrier, a driving member and means for connecting it to the arbors.

g .25; In a power-transmission mechanism," the comblnatlon with a frame havlng ways ,thereon, a driven member comprising a gear wheel, a slide mounted therein and means for reciprocating it, of a carrier movably supported on the slide, arbors mounted on the carrier and pinions secured to the arbors and adapted to cooperate with the gear-wheel,

ported on the slide, arbors mounted on the carrier and pinions secured to the arbors and adapted to cooperate with" the gear-wheel and devices for adjusting the carrier, a driving member, a clutch member thereon adapted to engage the arbors, means for operating it and a locking device actuated by said means and cooperating with the slide-reciprocating means to p1 event the movement of the latter when the clutch is inoperative position.

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27. In a power-transmission mechanism,

the combination with afranie havin'g'ways thereon, a driven member comprising a gearwheel, a slide mounted in the ways and a device for reciprocating it, of a carrier movably supported on the slide, arbors mounted on the carrier and pinions secured to the arbors.

and adapted to "cooperate with the gearwheel and means for adj Listing the carrier, a driving member and a movable clutch member thereon and a clutch-operating lever, of a lockingpin connected to said lever and cooperating with the slide-reciprocating device.

28. In. a power-transniission mechanism, the combination with a frame having ways thereon, a driven member comprising a gearwheel. a slide nniunted in the ways having a. cam-slot therein, a loi'igitudinallv-movable bar guided on the frame having a projection engaging said slot, and means for operating the bar, of a carrier movably supported on the slide, arbors mounted onv the carrier and piuions secured to the arbors and adapted to' cooperate with the gear-wheel and devices for adjusting the carrier, a (lriving member and means for connecting it to the arbors,

29. in a power-transmission mechanism, the combination with a frame having ways thereon, a driven member comprising a gearwheel, a slide mounted in the ways and a device for reciprocating it, of a roc -shat't journaled on the slide, means for oscillating it, a carrier attached to the shalt and arbors supported. thereon, pinions secured to the arbors and adapted to cooperate with the gear wheel, a driving member and means for connecting it to the arbors.

30. In a power-transmission mechanism, the combiiiation with aframe, a driven member comprising a bevel gearwheel, said. frame having ways thereon extending at right angles to the pitch-line of said gearwheel, a slide mounted in the ways means for reciprocating it, of a carrier j\ rnaled on the slide, arbors supported on the carrier and pinions secured to the arbors and adapted to cooperate with the gear wheel and devices for adjusting the carrier, a driving member and means for connecting it to the arbors.

31. In a power-transmission mechanism,

the combination with a frame, adriven mem ber comprising a plurality of bevel gearwheels of dili'erent pitch, said l'ran'ie having ways thereon arranged. in. front of the faces of the several gear-wheels, and a reciprocatory slide guided in the ways, of a carrier journalcd on the slide, arbor-s jou'rnaled thereon and a pinion secured to each arbor and adapted to (tltipll'illl with one of the bevel gear-wheels, devices for rcimcting the slide and separate"devices for subsequently operating the carrier, a driving member and means or connecting it to the arbcrs.

32. In a power-traiismission mechanism, the combination with a driven member comprising a-face-plate. a pluralitv of bevel gear rings arranged coil('(nti"i('nll thereon and adriving' member, of a plurality of connecting elements corresponding to the several rings adapted to cooperate separately with the driving member, means for adjusting said elements to position one of them in engagement with its respective ring and means for connecting said elements to the driving member.

33. In a power-transmission mechanism, the cmnbination with a driven member comprising a face-plate. a plurality oi rings ol d'ill'crent diameters arranged (O'll(0lllliflll thereon, said rings being provided. with bevelteeth of di'll'ercnt pitch and a single driving meniiber, of a plurality oi connect iug elements corresponding to the several ring and adapted to cot'iperate separately with the driving and driven men'ibcrs, means for adjusting "aid elements to position. one or another of icm in operative engagemei'it with its respective gear-ring and means for connecting said element to the driving member.

ALBERT VERNON HART.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE Fnanoic, G. WILLARD RICH. 

